It’s time to celebrate!! I did it!! My 11th year writing daily, posting, reading t least 3 others and leaving at least comments. Now it is time for me to reflect.
As I look across my last 30 slices, I see I wrote on these topics:
my granddaughter, Aden – 10x
my school – 10x
my family – 3x
my Spring break trip to Cleveland – 2x
my reading and writing life – 2x
and once each, about a cold, being nudged by cool people, and mature love.
As I look across the last 30 slices, I notice I wrote in these styles:
small moment narrative – 17x
poem – 1x
list – 3x
Bingo card – 1x
photo collage – 8x
For fun, I tallied the number of comments I received – 337x – WOW!! I can’t thank YOU enough.
Comments allowed me to feel seen through my words. Plus, your kind words kept me going!
As I reflect on this year as compared to the last 10, many days I simply posted, read just three others and left just three comments. The bare minimum.
In past years, I know I spent many more hours reading and leaving comments.
Why not the same this year? My granddaughter’s visit istracted me and in the middle of this month, I came down with a bad cold. But I can still proud that I completed the basic requirement of this challenge.
As I reflect, I was honored to read humbleswede all month. I felt as if I “meet” his mother, as he blogged about spending his last days with her. A real honor to share his grief through his wriitng.
As I reflect, I offer a special Thank You to Stacey for starting this community and keeping it going and another Thank you to Betsy, Melanie, Laine, Leah, Jenna, and Sarah for their inspiration and guidance all month long.
With the writing challenge this year ending on the last day of Spring Break and Easter, I did not plan a Slice party. However, I am celebrating with myself today, a little pat on the back! Looking ahead, I definitely plan to keep writing on Tuesdays throughout the rest of this year and into 2025 and I plan to be back here next March.
Happy Spring, all!! Let’s all keep writing and sharing the stories that only we can tell!!
Cheers!
Writing Stories by Sally 
Celebrate indeed! Let’s wear our slicing earrings and toast, my friend. I love how you encapsulate so much in this post of stats and reflections. I’m so glad you captured precious slices with Aden. I have to thank you for the slicing calendar; your thoughtfulness amidst a busy season really touches me. You helped me discover the writer I never knew I was possible.
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Hooray for showing up for so many years. I have also been touched to have read Peter’s posts this month. I love that you included that here in your final post. See you on Tuesdays!
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I love your review/reflection. You are always so thoughtful as you look through your own work. I always enjoy your slices and with that many comments it seems I am not alone. I look forward to “seeing” you on Tuesdays and for real in DC this summer.
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Congratulations on finishing the challenge. Cool that you collected data about it. I feel that in many ways I am writing about the same things over and over every March.
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Woooo congratulations! I love how you finish the challenge by reflecting on your slices throughout the month. I remember this from last year as well. What a fun way to notice patterns and celebrate a great month of writing. Your slices were a joy to read!
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Congratulations my friend! An accomplishment indeed. I love your tallies. A great idea to try with our students as they look back through their writing notebooks. I loved reading your posts this month, especially the ones about your beautiful, energetic granddaughter! Happy Easter!
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Sally,
The comment in this reflection that stands out to me is “Comments allowed me to feel seen through my words.” This is why commenting is so important, as important as the writing in this challenge and on Tuesdays. If we do t feel seen, well, we know how that feels. It is a compass for how I choose which posts to read, so there are some folks I avoid because I do t feel seen by them. I appreciate you and love seeing your granddaughter posts. AsI read your reflection, I thought about how sometimes we women expect too much from ourselves. I try to remember that good enough is just fine. See you Tuesday.
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Congrats and hugs to you for creating a strong local writing communities. We are blessed to have your encouragement and support.
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Sally, I love this inventory type post you did here. It was very interesting to read by the numbers of your posts and comments. Lovely! I especially enjoyed the Aden posts I read this month. So glad you got to spend time with her.
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Thank you for the reminder to celebrate. Thirty-one days of writing is a huge accomplishment and definitely deserves commemorating. I’m going to have to think of a way to celebrate for myself…
Congrats on year 11!
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Because a Slice of orange is orange, I celebrate with orange food and drink!!
My favorite adult drink is an aperol sprits, a perfect shade of orange!!
And cheese curls are a yummy snack!! Carrots and dip for a healthy option!
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Oh, that’s so fun. Okay, that is giving me some ideas…
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I’m a little late commenting, but congrats AGAIN X11! I always enjoy your ‘data analysis’ especially the forms your writing has taken. I was moved to read how you followed Hunbleswede through his mother’s death- I was unaware that was happening. But I am sure your comments were welcome comfort. And I have to say- again- thank you for bringing me here❤️
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